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假借字

jiǎ jiè zì

Definition

  1. loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
  2. character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
  3. also called phonetic loan

Character Decomposition

假
=
亻
+
叚
借
=
亻
+
昔
字
=
宀
+
子

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